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PURSE
Unique ID: NMS-38AFBB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and distorted medieval copper alloy pendent loop from a purse frame of Ward Perkins 1940, Type A1 or A2, broken at both ends. The cross-section is C- or L-shaped and there are three attachment holes, one truncated by a break. All niello inlay has been lost from deeply engraved letters and scrolled motifs on the front face. There are two groups of apparently garbled letters ]ILI SOI.I
Extant length 91mm. Width 6.5 - 7mm. c.1450 - c.1500.
Class:
Ward Perkins 1940, Type A1 or A2
Inscription:
]ILI SOI.I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 91 mm
Width: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th September 2014 - Monday 13th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28645
Other reference: KLMD102014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6908
Four figure Latitude: 52.6434155
Four figure longitude: 0.49640939
1:25K map: TF6908
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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